# Managing custom billing views
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As the creator of a custom billing view, you retain full control over the resource even after sharing it with other accounts. You can update the definition of a custom billing view to reflect changes in your organization. You can also manage which accounts can access a custom billing view, or you can delete a custom billing view, which immediately revokes access to all accounts. Accounts that have been given access to the view can’t modify the definition of the custom billing view. This ensures you retain full control over which accounts can access specific cost management data.

You can change the definition of an existing custom billing view at any time. Once edited, the updated custom billing view takes immediate effect. All accounts with access, including member accounts to which the custom billing view has been shared, will immediately see the cost management data based on the updated definition.

**Topics**
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# Editing the filters of custom billing views
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# Editing the sources of custom billing views
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# Editing the tags of custom billing views
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# Deleting custom billing views
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# Managing shared access to custom billing views in your organization
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# Understanding Amazon managed billing views
](manage-shared-access-managed-billing-views.md)
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# Managing shared access to custom billing views outside of your organization
](manage-external-shared-access-custom-billing-views.md)

# Editing the filters of custom billing views
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**To edit the filters of a custom billing view**

1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**.

1. Choose the **Billing View** tab.

1. To access the edit filters page, do one of the following:

   
   + Select the custom billing view you want to edit. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit view** from the dropdown list.
   + Choose the billing view you want to edit. Choose the **Configuration details** tab, and then choose **Edit** next to **Data filtered by**.

1. On the **Edit view** page, change the filter dimension.

1. Choose **Save**.

# Editing the sources of custom billing views
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**To edit the sources of a custom billing view**

1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**.

1. Choose the **Billing View** tab.

1. To access the edit filters page, do one of the following:

   
   + Select the custom billing view you want to edit. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit view** from the dropdown list.
   + Choose the billing view you want to edit. Choose the **Configuration details** tab, and then choose **Edit** next to **Data filtered by**.

1. On the **Edit sources** page, change the sources used in the view.

1. Choose **Save**.

# Editing the tags of custom billing views
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**To edit the tags of a custom billing view**

1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**.

1. Choose the **Billing View** tab.

1. To access the edit filters page, do one of the following:

   
   + Select the custom billing view you want to edit. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit view** from the dropdown list.
   + Choose the billing view you want to edit. Choose the **Configuration details** tab, and then choose **Edit** next to **Data filtered by**.

1. On the **Manage tags** page, change the tags used for the view.

1. Choose **Save**.

# Deleting custom billing views
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Deleting a custom billing view permanently removes access to the custom billing view for all users. This action cannot be undone. Once a custom billing view is deleted, it will no longer appear in the **Choose billing view** menu in the navigation pane for the management account and any member accounts with which the view was shared. End users attempting to access the URL of the deleted custom billing view will receive an error message.

**To delete a custom billing view**

1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**.

1. Choose the **Billing View** tab.

1. Select the custom billing view you want to delete.

1. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **Delete view** from the dropdown list.

1. In the dialog box that appears, choose **Delete**.

You can control which accounts can access a custom billing view by modifying its associated resource share. Once you add an account to the resource share, the account gains access to the custom billing view. Once you remove an account from the resource share, the account loses access to the custom billing view.

# Managing shared access to custom billing views in your organization
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**Note**  
Custom billing views use Amazon Resource Access Manager (Amazon RAM) for sharing. When you share a custom billing view, an Amazon resource share is automatically created. You can also directly modify the resource share from the Amazon RAM console. For more information about modifying the resource share in Amazon RAM, see [Update a resource share in Amazon RAM](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/ram/latest/userguide/working-with-sharing-update.html).

**To edit who can access a custom billing view in your organization**

1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**.

1. Choose the **Billing View** tab.

1. To access the sharing page, do one of the following:
   + Select the custom billing view whose sharing you want to update, choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit shared accounts** from the dropdown list.
   + Choose the name of the custom billing view whose sharing you want to update and, on the view details page, choose the **Sharing** tab.

1. In the **Sharing** tab, choose **Edit**.

1. Choose which member accounts in your organization should have access to the custom billing view.

1. Choose **Share**.

**Note**  
Amazon RAM also supports a single resource belonging to multiple resource shares. If a custom billing view belongs to multiple resource shares, you will see a drop-down within the Edit sharing page labeled Select a share listing all resource shares the currently selected custom billing view belongs to. By selecting a resource share, you will be able to modify which accounts should be included or excluded from the selected resource share.

# Understanding Amazon managed billing views
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Amazon managed billing views are created when you map accounts to Billing Conductor billing groups or use billing transfer.

There are two types of Amazon managed billing views: Billing group views, and billing transfer billing views.

**The two types of billing transfer billing views:**
+ My view - Shows the billing data that your bill transfer account is financially responsible for
+ Showback/chargeback view - Shows billing data configured for showback or chargeback purposes

Amazon creates and manages these billing views, so you can't update or delete them directly. The** Cost Management Preferences **billing view tab currently shows only custom views, not Amazon managed views.

To update an Amazon managed view name, update the name of its associated resource (billing group or billing transfer). Amazon managed views persist even if their associated resource is deleted or withdrawn.

# Managing shared access to custom billing views outside of your organization
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**Note**  
Custom billing views use Amazon Resource Access Manager (Amazon RAM) for sharing. When you share a custom billing view, an Amazon resource share is automatically created. You can also directly modify the resource share from the Amazon RAM console. For more information about modifying the resource share in Amazon RAM, see [Update a resource share in Amazon RAM](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/ram/latest/userguide/working-with-sharing-update.html).

**To edit who can access a custom billing view outside of your organization**

1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**.

1. Choose the **Billing View** tab.

1. To access the sharing page, do one of the following:
   + Select the custom billing view whose sharing you want to update, choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit external shares ** from the dropdown list.
   + Choose the name of the custom billing view whose sharing you want to update and, on the view details page, choose the **Sharing** tab. Next to **Share outside of your organization**, choose **Edit**.

1. Choose which account IDs should have access to the custom billing view.

1. Choose **Share**.

**Note**  
Amazon RAM also supports a single resource belonging to multiple resource shares. If a custom billing view belongs to multiple resource shares, you will see a drop-down within the Edit sharing page labeled Select a share listing all resource shares the currently selected custom billing view belongs to. By selecting a resource share, you will be able to modify which accounts should be included or excluded from the selected resource share.